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How are electronics engineers and manufacturers around the world harnessing the latest trends in everything from design to supply chain, including components availability? We crunch the numbers, dissect the opinions and provide insights you can only get from Avnet experts.

Beyond the datasheet: The no-code route to MEMS-based machine learning at the edge

By Philip Ling - January 17, 2025

New MEMS sensors from STMicroelectronics integrate an innovative machine learning core, making it simpler to deploy machine language in many applications where motion detection is used. We take a look beyond the datasheet to see how it works.

AI-powered robots coming to a factory near you

By Karen Field - January 15, 2025

The smart robot trend stands to grow dramatically in the next few years, with enabling technologies like Edge AI powering the growth trend. Find out just how big the smart robot trend really is.

The future of farming: Smart, automated & sustainable

By Valeri Oliver - January 14, 2025

Design engineers are leading the way in harnessing and creating the next generation of autonomous systems to address the world’s growing food challenges, improve productivity and reduce the environmental impacts of farming.

Engineers focus on power technologies, Avnet data shows

By Lee Fitzgerald - January 13, 2025

Visitor data for Design Hub, Avnet’s self-service design tool, shows power design is a trending topic for the engineering community.

Looking ahead to 2025: How data insights shape electronics industry design choices

By Rondekka Moore - January 10, 2025

Think of trend analysis as your engineering time machine. It transforms messy, real-world data points into a high-resolution snapshot of where technology is heading—not where the hype cycle claims it’s going. Sure, spotting the next unicorn market migh...

Time-of-flight distance measurement enables emerging markets

By Philip Ling - August 7, 2024

Smart homes, industrial automation and healthcare can all benefit from new technologies for detecting proximity, presence and distance. Time-of-flight solutions offer many benefits, so how do they work?

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How will Matter help us meet the smart home promise?

By Walter Puhl - August 6, 2024

The fragmentation in smart home ecosystems is still the industry’s main challenge. By adopting Matter, a high-level API into the underlying protocols, the focus moves toward a harmonious smart home.

The future of 5G RedCap powers device expansion

By Benjamin Alvarez - August 6, 2024

Market adoption of 5G wireless networks has been slower than expected outside smartphone applications. The Reduced Capability standard was introduced to accelerate 5G expansion in markets where interest has been limited.

System-level considerations for EVSE design

By Avnet Staff - August 5, 2024

To get the optimum return over the EVSE’s lifetime, it is critical to evaluate the fundamental requirements of any specific charging station based on its purpose and location. These requirements may not always be the same.

The latest technologies driving home medical innovations

By Adrien Larevat - August 5, 2024

For home-health devices, the patient experience is central to the product. New technologies, including AI, smaller displays with higher pixel density, portable graphic frameworks and more capable MCUs are driving innovation.

Deep vision inspection using AI enables multiple emerging markets

By Michaël Uyttersprot - August 5, 2024

Machine vision enables many existing and emerging markets. Security, manufacturing and industrial automation all use machine vision. Adding AI inferencing at the sensor provides many benefits.

What happens when non-terrestrial and cellular converge?

By Carolyn O'Connor - August 5, 2024

OEMs and start-ups are paying attention to a development that places cellular and satellite technologies on a path to convergence. The growth of connected devices and associated traffic blurs the line between satellite and terrestrial networks.

The PitchCom device on a catcher’s wrist.

How a small Arizona electronics firm got to baseball’s biggest show

By Valeri Oliver - April 15, 2024

The PitchCom device made its way from the drawing board to MLB fields last season in a fascinating tale of persistence, know-how and simple luck. Two Arizona inventors explain how they made it happen.

Faster, hotter chips need smarter cooling solutions

By Andrea Tsapralis - September 25, 2023

The time is right for a set of new liquid cooling technology applications that before now may not have been economically viable. They are Precision Immersion Liquid Cooling and Direct-to-Chip Negative Pressure Liquid Cooling.

An environmentally conscious semiconductor industry takes on sustainability

By Philip Ling - September 25, 2023

Momentum is building to make the semiconductor supply chain more sustainable. Leading manufacturers are committing to deadlines for carbon neutrality, as we discuss the second issue of What’s Next, Avnet’s digital magazine.

What happens when the American muscle car goes electric?

By Valeri Oliver - July 21, 2022

As we march onward to EV ubiquity, words like “muscle car” and “EV charging” are more often appearing together in conversations. Can an EV car really go fast? Will it feel like a muscle car when it does? We’re about to find out.

Taking stock of the supply chain crisis: Lockdowns and shortages cost automotive manufacturers over $500 billion

May 12, 2022

Avnet Silica analysed public financial records to reveal the impact of the pandemic on semiconductor stock levels, automotive factory closures and revenue.

Chip shortage to usher in transformative design-procurement-supply chain partnerships

By Peggy Carrieres - May 6, 2022

The electronics engineering world as we know it will be fundamentally changed by the ongoing chip shortage as stronger partnerships will be formed with procurement and supply chain experts. What we’re experiencing now is unlike anything before.

Avnet Insights Report: Deconstructing the Chip Shortage

Can you design your way out of a chip shortage?

By Philip Ling - March 21, 2022

Several workarounds exist when integrated devices go end-of-life. One workaround is to emulate the part using a programmable device such as a microcontroller, CPLD or FPGA. Is this still an option during a chip shortage?

Workarounds for the current chip shortage

By Philip Ling - March 17, 2022

Every vertical market is feeling the impact of the chip shortage. How we deal with it now may leave a legacy. Design engineers are adept at visualizing the requirement and developing a solution, but OEMs need to look at the bigger picture.